diff --git a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
index 7af2fee357a4..ea45045544ba 100644
--- a/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
+++ b/python/src/META-INF/python-core-common.xml
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pythonFlavorProvider" interface="com.jetbrains.python.sdk.flavors.PythonFlavorProvider"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.debugSessionFactory" interface="com.jetbrains.python.debugger.PyDebugSessionFactory"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.customPackageIdentifier" interface="com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyCustomPackageIdentifier"/>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Pythonid.pythonSdkComparator" interface="com.jetbrains.python.sdk.PySdkComparator" />
   </extensionPoints>
 
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="Pythonid">
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
index 4466b2f3d4b4..9dbf0f77acb5 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PreferredSdkComparator.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.jetbrains.python.sdk;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions;
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.jetbrains.python.sdk.flavors.CPythonSdkFlavor;
@@ -30,6 +31,13 @@ public class PreferredSdkComparator implements Comparator<Sdk> {
 
   @Override
   public int compare(Sdk o1, Sdk o2) {
+    for (PySdkComparator comparator : Extensions.getExtensions(PySdkComparator.EP_NAME)) {
+      int result = comparator.compare(o1, o2);
+      if(result != 0) {
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+
     final PythonSdkFlavor flavor1 = PythonSdkFlavor.getFlavor(o1);
     final PythonSdkFlavor flavor2 = PythonSdkFlavor.getFlavor(o2);
     int remote1Weight = PySdkUtil.isRemote(o1) ? 0 : 1;
@@ -48,6 +56,7 @@ public class PreferredSdkComparator implements Comparator<Sdk> {
     if (venv1weight != venv2weight) {
       return venv2weight - venv1weight;
     }
+
     int flavor1weight = flavor1 instanceof CPythonSdkFlavor ? 1 : 0;
     int flavor2weight = flavor2 instanceof CPythonSdkFlavor ? 1 : 0;
     if (flavor1weight != flavor2weight) {
@@ -56,4 +65,4 @@ public class PreferredSdkComparator implements Comparator<Sdk> {
 
     return -Comparing.compare(o1.getVersionString(), o2.getVersionString());
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e792c3c2261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PySdkComparator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.jetbrains.python.sdk;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
+import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
+
+/**
+ * Created by kirylch on 3/29/2017.
+ */
+public interface PySdkComparator {
+  ExtensionPointName<PySdkComparator> EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("Pythonid.pythonSdkComparator");
+
+  int compare(Sdk sdk1, Sdk sdk2);
+}